摘要 |
A hand-controlled puppet having a conical-shaped support member which includes a hollowed-out central area and a thin wall and which terminates in a small aperture at the tip and in a large aperture at the base of the conical-shaped support member wherein the apertures and hollowed-out central area of the cone are in axial alignment; an elongated rod which extends axially through the hollowed-out central area and past and beyond the small aperture at the tip and past and beyond the large aperture at the base and which is adapted to be moved vertically and to be rotated in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction in any vertical position; a simulated puppet head mounted on the base end of the elongated rod; a bilaminar covering having a back and front and a pair of opposed extending arms which are adapted to have the elongated rod extend therebetween and wherein an elongated back portion and the interior of the back and front of the bilaminar covering as well as the head are adhered to the elongated rod extending through the bilaminar covering, wherein a user can hold the conical-shaped support member in one hand and move the elongated rod with the other hand to draw the head and bilaminar covering into the hollowed-out central area of the conical-shaped support member to close the puppet and to transport the head and the bilaminar covering from the hollowed-out area to open the puppet and to rotate the extended rod through limited directions of rotation and in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction to animate the puppet, is shown.
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